JUST IN: The decline in Bitcoin's hash rate in 2026 coincides with a strategic shift among public miners who see artificial intelligence as a more profitable business.


However, Beau Turner, CEO of Abundant Mines, maintains that this change shouldn't worry holders and that it could even end up strengthening the network's decentralization and resilience.
Bitcoin's hash rate has fallen by just over 5% so far in 2026, its first significant drop in years.
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